PULLING THROUGH Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

pulling through

verb

present participle of pull through

as in coming to

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as in holding out

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The United States is the canal’s biggest user — about 70% of all the goods moving through it are coming to or going from the US.

— Hira Humayun, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
The staggered start to the season should help, and a statement win against tough opponents like Real Sociedad would be an excellent way for Mourinho’s second coming to get up and running.

— Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of coming to

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The Toronto Blue Jays have been holding out for a hero, just one bat to carry an offence desperate for star production.

— Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Rodri is getting more expensive for FC Barcelona City appears to be holding out for €80 million indeed.

— Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of holding out

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The wheel went over in 2023 and the ship is already coming around, whatever the water beside the hull looks like.

— Tony Julianelle, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Investigators determined that the driver of the 18-wheeler was attempting to turn left out of a store parking lot onto Avenue E as a motorcycle traveling eastbound was coming around a curve in the road, police said.

— Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 July 2026

Definition of coming around

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These tags look like an antenna sticking out of a small rectangular box, and staff used eyelash glue to stick them to the back of the butterflies.

— Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 13 Aug. 2026
Rhaenyra is called into her chambers to find the window open, and Helaena impaled dead on the spikes below, one spike garrishly sticking out of her neck.

— Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of sticking out

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There’s nothing wrong with holding on to childhood and being a little immature from time to time.

— Loren Savini, Allure, 22 Aug. 2026
That puts me in the same boat as many millennials and Gen Zers holding on to the family phone plan, one of their last financial ties to their parents.

— Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of holding on

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